My Snuggler Is Gone Forever...

[NevadaKitty]

Hi Donna,

It's nice to meet you, and your sweet kids Tabitha and Sasha. You sould like you're a really loving cat meowmie, too. (love that word)...

I have another cat named Jessie...she's 5 years old. She's grieving Snuggles also, I can tell. She's not been herself since he's been gone. Poor girl.

Thank you so much for the kind words and condolences regarding the loss of my sweet boy Snuggles, and reading my story. I'm so glad I found this forum (or it found me), because I'm finally able to identify and talk with people who understand the bond that can exist between man and our furry four legged friends. I really need this type of support right now, as it helps me sort things out in my head, it allows me to openly discuss my sorrow without judgement or ridicule, and empowers and validates my emotions.

I hope to talk a lot more with you in the forums soon and hear all about your two bundles of joy. I'm a cat WORSHIPER, and LOVER and want to know about everybodies sweet kitties.

Thanks again Donna for your kindness, God Bless...
NevadaKitty
Kathi

[NevadaKitty]

Hi Catmandu,

Nice meeting you friend! Thanks for reading my story, and sharing your recent loss of Moose with me too. Snuggles has only been gone 10 days so I think Moose might be showing Snuggles around. Snuggles was a shy sort of cat. I've found myself worrying if he is okay on the other side or not. I picture him being frightened, lost and alone without me, his Mom.



Hopefully Moose is helping him out...I think he might need it. I look forward to hearing more about Moose. I saw the thread about him, but haven't read about his passing yet. I apologize for that. I've been so busy unloading my grief all over the place that I haven't stopped by and tried to help anyone else. My world just seems to be spinning...I feel like a frog in a blender.

I promise to catch up on all the stories here and try to extend and offer as much support to all of you, as you've all given to me already.

Thanks so much everyone!

Talk to you soon, my friend, keep your chin up...
NevadaKitty
Kathi

[NevadaKitty]

Introducing Snuggles...



Here's my sweet baby I just lost Snuggles. As I mentioned in my first posting of this thread, he had quite unusual paws...this picture depicts their large, baseball mitt size nicely.

This was taken about 1 month ago as he was lounging on top my sofa.

OMG! I MISS HIM SO MUCH! He was my WORLD!!!!

WHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!
NevadaKitty
Kathi

[krazyaboutkatz]

Kathi, I'm so sorry to hear about Snuggles passing. He sure was a handsome cat and sounded like he had a wonderful personality too. My cats are mychildren and I call them my furkids and I've also lost my Pepper so I know how difficult it is. I loved your poem and I'd also like to welcome you to Pet Talk. You'll find that the people here are wonderful. RIP sweet Snuggles.

[kuhio98]

Kathi ~ I am so sorry for your loss. How awful. Thank you for sharing Snuggles with us all. I wish I had some words of comfort. Please be kind and gentle with yourself.

When Kuhio died after 17 wonderful years, we found www.petloss.com
There is a lot of good information there. They also have a moderated message board. It helped us so much to be able to post about Kuhio. Knowing that the board is moderated and that hurtful comments would not be posted also helped.

You are in my thoughts and prayers.

[Donnaj4962]

Oh NevadaKitty.... your Snuggles is so adorable in the picture yor posted! And would you look at those paws! How sweet!

We welcome you to PT, although we are so sorry that it is under such awful circumstances. I discovered this site about a year ago, and have been hooked ever since! Please know that all on here love their pets, and I would venture to say that most of us consider them our children! (I sure do as I have no skin chicldren of my own!) My life seems to revolve around my furbabies, and theirs around mine!

You will enjoy the may conversations here, and the gorgeous pictures! And the comfort that you will find will be phenomenal! Please give lots of extra luvvins to Jessie! She and you need one another at this time! Again.... welcome to PT!

[Cataholic]

Nevada, my heart breaks for you, it truly does. I am so sorry to hear you have lost your precious baby. Too soon, too, too soon. I can only hope you will continue on with us, and lean on us, as you slowly struggle through this misery. So many of us have been here, we share your grief, and I hope we can lessen it, at times, however slightly. May time and fond memories bring you some comfort.

Johanna

[jenluckenbach]

Oh dear...........too many emotions to list.
sadness for the loss of a beloved kitty
guilt for wondering if you should NOT have had the dental
RAGE from the knowledge of neglect

But try only to hold on to the GOOD memories. All the other stuff just gets in the way of healing. Snuggles looks to me like a cat who could forgive anything and would not want you carrying such heavy burdens.

I cannot truthfully say that I ever had something so heartwrenching happen to me, but I too DID lose a very special boy just 2 short months ago. And I know how OTHER people can be cold. I did not even bother to tell my family (dad/brother/sister) that I lost a cat because I knew it would be trivial to them.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}} and prayers.

[Jayna78]

I'm so sorry to hear about the tragic loss of sweet Snuggles. He looks like a cute, sweet boy. What a horrible, preventable tragedy!

My husband and I just lost our beautiful, sweet Leo the other day - he was only estimated to be 4-6 years old, we'd only had him a little over 2 years, and he died Saturday night when we chose to put him to sleep because he went into irreparable kidney failure. It was heart-wrenching, and we both never knew we could shed soooooo many tears, but he was our snuggler, the one who always shared our bed and our pillows with us. You definitely have come to the right place to express your grief and share memories and stories of your beloved Snuggles...everyone is so great here, and everyone knows how wonderful our cats and dogs (and other pets) can be - truly members of our families.

Leo will help Snuggles at the Rainbow Bridge. It's horrible to know that several (including catmandu's Moose) have lost wonderful kitties in the same week we have, but at least there will be no shortage of friendly faces at the RB.

[kb2yjx]

The sadness I feel right now is just too great for words!!! Many of those who have posted have lost a dear cat recently, mine was Ralph Syracuse the day after his 14th birthday. He, like your Snuggler, was an Orangeman!! This creature are so special to us, because they love us unconditionally. To be honest, I have NO idea how I would have reacted if that happened to my cat what happened to Snuggler!!! He knows you meant well, and will always be with you and you will feel his love surrounding you!!! Sleep softly dear Snuggler....((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))) to your Mom...

[NevadaKitty]

Hi krazyaboutkatz,

It's a pleasure to meet you. Thank you for your response and healing words. Snuggles was indeed a handsome fellow...I always used to call him my handsome boy. I, too, considered him to be my child, as I was unable to have children of my own, so instead i've been the proud mother of several cats throughout my adult lifetime.

I'm so sick inside over this whole mess. I just can't seem to accept that he's really gone forever. It's like a nightmare, but I can't wake up.

I'm sorry about your losing your cat Pepper...and can relate, only too well what you might of gone through and perhaps continue to go through.

Such pain, such sadness, such sorrow...how could something so horrible happen to my sweet, sweet boy? I'm so confused...



Thanks again for responding to my dilemma, and for sharing your story with me. Hope we can get to know each other a lot better as I inject myself into this forum in the future. Thanks for everything. Talk soon.

[NevadaKitty]

Hello there kuhio98,

Thank you for your condolences regarding the passing of my sweet baby boy Snuggles. I'm "trying" to be gentle and kind to myself as you suggested in your response, but having a bit of difficulity with that. The guilt I feel over his death is enormous. I cant stop replaying the events of that day over and over in my mind. When the vet suggested the teeth cleaning I was very resistant and against it, fearing something could go wrong...unfortunately I did'nt listen to my inner fears, worries and concerns and elected to take him in for the cleaning anyway. It cost my sweet baby his life.



In your response you mentioned the website PetLoss.com. I found that site today and spent hours talking in the chat room with grief councilors about my loss. I read all the poems submitted from others who've lost their precious animals also, and found the site to be very well organized, helpful, and insightful.

I'm sorry to hear about Kuhio after 17 wonderful years. Sounds like your kitty lived a very long life. I imagine you miss him dearly too, just like I'm missing my baby.

Thanks again for responding to my posting about Snuggles. You are all such a warm and caring bunch of people, and I'm so glad I found you....or you found me.

Talk soon friend,